Survivor of Sex Trafficking; Former Board Member, SPACE International; Founder, Phoenix Rising HTC; Director of Programs, Ruby’s Place; Co-Founder and Co-Chair, World Without Exploitation
Ne’cole Daniels
Ne’cole Daniels is a survivor of sexual exploitation that began when she was seven years old. Trapped for nine years in the sex trade through interfamilial pimping, she managed to escape “the life,” and has worked in various social services roles for almost two decades. Ms. Daniels has used her lived experience, advocacy and policy expertise to testify at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the British Parliament, and in Ireland for its “Turn Off the Red Light” campaign.
“Coming from a dysfunctional family with so much unaddressed trauma, I was vulnerable to entering ‘the life.’ I didn’t choose the life; it chose me. I question the systems, such as the schools I attended, that failed me as a child, the systems that should have stepped in did not.”